Re: Drive type...

Chris Adams <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.org.operators.internet-access
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Once upon a time, Nicholas Bastin <[email protected]> said:
> On 24 Aug , 2007, at 12:36 , Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr. wrote:
> >Brian Reichert wrote:
> >>On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 03:36:16PM -0500, Laurence F. Sheldon, Jr.  
> >>wrote:
> >>>Dint occur to me until I read this...if it is raid, you should be  
> >>>able to unplug the power and signal connectors and pull it out of  
> >>>the case, shouldn't you?
> >>RAID != hostswap
> >
> >I know.  But if it is already dead?
> 
> Then you just nuke the controller by pulling the still electrically  
> connected drive out...

Don't forget the other (still functioning) drives on the same cable; you
can fry their interface as well.

Basically, if it isn't designed for hot-swap, you are taking a big
chance if you try to hot swap things anyway.
-- 
Chris Adams <[email protected]>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.
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